Richard J. Blandau films, circa 1947-1991
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Filmmaker
- Blandau, Richard J.
- Title
- Richard J. Blandau films
- Dates
- circa 1947-1991 (inclusive)19471991
- Quantity
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1 folder : Text
19 reels : black and white, color, sound and silent ; 16mm - Collection Number
- PH1003
- Summary
- Films created by Richard J. Blandau using photomicroscopy techniques and medical illustration to capture cellular behaviors, ovulation, fertilization and reproduction, as well as, the embryonic development of the heart.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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The original films are not accessible due to preservation concerns. Viewing copies are available and arrangements can be made to view the film by contacting the Visual Materials Curator.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the Society for the Study of Reproduction
Biographical Note
Richard Julius Blandau was a researcher, professor of biological structure and administrator at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Blandau was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1911. After receiving an A.B. degree in biology and chemistry from Linfield College in 1935, he went on to earn a Ph.D. in 1939 from Brown University, and an M.D. degree in 1948 from the University of Rochester. Dr. Blandau served as a Fellow of the National Research Council at Yale University, and served on the medical faculty of Brown, Harvard University and the University of Rochester. He was recruited to join the original faculty of the UW School of Medicine. In 1949, Dr. Blandau became an associate professor in the Department of Anatomy (now called Biological Structure). He later served as an assistant dean of the medical school from 1955 to 1960 and as associate dean from 1960 to 1964.
While at the university, Dr. Blandau engaged in basic studies on ovulation, fertilization and embryonic development that led to advances in human fertility. He produced teaching and research films and pioneered time-lapse photography of mammal ovulation. His filmed documentation of how the egg is released from the ovary and guided into the oviduct won a Vienna Film Festival Award in 1959. He authored 138 articles and edited six textbooks. He was a president of the American Fertility Society, the American Association of Anatomists, and the Society for the Study of Reproduction. He received the Borden Research Award, the Ortho Research Award, the Barren Foundation Gold Medal, and was designated an Outstanding Teacher by the 1980 graduating class. He lectured around the globe, and was a member of many advisory groups, including the National Advisory Council on Child Health and Human Development, the World Health Organization Panel on Human Reproduction, the Population Crisis Committee, the NIH Advisory Committee on Population Affairs, and the International Childbirth Association. He was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel in 1979 by the Governor of Kentucky. Blandau retired from the University of Washington in 1981 and died on May 11, 1998 in Seattle.
Content Description
Films created by Richard J. Blandau using photomicroscopy techniques and medical illustration to capture cellular behaviors, ovulation, fertilization and reproduction, as well as, the embryonic development of the heart.
Other Descriptive Information
Congenital Malformations of the Heart, Part 1, Development of the Normal Heart was restored by Dr. Robert Acland from the University of Kentucky. This restoration was made from Dr. Blandau's personal copy of the film, using the best available film scanning technology. A new voice-over was created for the retored film, using the same words and timing as in the original.
Titles were derived from Dr. Blandau's notes accompanying the films.
Use of the Collection
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Restrictions on Use
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Administrative Information
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Blood Cells
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Description: White Blood Cells
White blood cells seen through a microscope.
Original1 film reel (175 feet) : print, silent, black and white ; 16mm [Duplicating Master: MC388]
Dates: ca. 1953Container: Viewcopy VC388, Item 1 -
Description: Phase Microscopy of Normal Living Blood Cells; Part 1, Peripheral Blood
This program compares and contrasts cells as they appear in a Wright cell preparation and in a living state. Information regarding the behavior and morphology of cells which can be obtained with phase microscopy is discussed.
Produced by the University of Washington School of Medicine with Richard J. Blandau, Quin B. De Marsh, Paul H. Ralph, Photography by Anthony Canedo.
Original1 film reel (500 feet) : print, sound, color ; 16mm [Duplicating Master: MC389]
Dates: ca. 1953Container: Viewcopy VC389, Item 2 -
Description: Observations of the Cultured Chick Myocardial Cells
Illustrates the differentiation and contractile activity of myocardial cells from 2- and 4-day old chick embryos growing in tissue culture. Demonstrates the pattern of outgrowth of myocardial cells and the manner in which they anchor themselves. Includes contractile activity and various states of myofibrils.
Produced by the University of Washington Department of Anatomy with Richard J. Blandau, Ph.D. and Ruth E. Rumery, M.D. ; Photography by Roy Hayashi, Ph. D.
Original1 film reel (425) : print, sound, black and white ; 16mm [Duplicating Master: MC390]
Dates: ca. 1953Container: Viewcopy VC390, Item 3 -
Description: Dynamic behavior of living cells1 film reel (1000 feet) : print, sound, silent, black and white and color ; 16mm
Scenes compiled for a speech to the American Association of Anatomists, possibly related to Blandau's term as president of the organization from 1969-1970
Dates: circa 1970Container: Reel 4, Item 4 -
Dates: circa 1991Container: Folder 1, Item 4A
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Congenital Heart Malformation
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Description: Congenital Malformations of the Heart, Part 1, Development of the Normal Heart
First part of a three part program that discusses congenital malformations of the heart. Part One focuses on the development of the normal heart and shows the early stages of the developing chick heart through the use of time-lapse photography. It demonstrates the development of the heart from the first evidence of contractions through the formation of the chambers. Diagrams illustrate the differentiation of the heart into four separate chambers and septa. The formation of the aorta and the pulmonary artery and the relationship of the great vessels of the heart is also shown. In addition such circulatory changes as the closure of the foramen ovale which takes place during birth is also illustrated. The program also demonstrates such abnormalities as truncus arteriosus.
Original1 film reel (580 feet) : print, sound, color ; 16mm [Duplicating Master: MC150]
The publication date is commonly listed as 1951, however the filmstock on this reel is dated ca. 1947.
Dates: circa 1947Container: Viewcopy VC150, Item 5 -
Description: Congenital Malformations of the Heart, Part 2, Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease
Part two of a three part program that discusses congenital malformations of the heart, looking at acyanotic congenital heart disease. Patent ductus arteriosus, aortic septal defect, intraventricular septal defect, interatrial septal defect, and aberrant pulmonary veins are discussed with emphasis placed on the clinical manifestations. Each anomaly is reviewed separately from its embryological development to the clinical picture as revealed through physical exam and diagnostic tests, roentgenograms, cardiac catheterization, and electrocardiograms. The anomalies are discussed as a group which manifests similar characteristics, the absence of cyanosis and abnormal shunting of blood. The program discusses in considerable detail the differential diagnosis used to determine which acyanotic congenital heart disease an individual is suffering from.
Original1 film reel (580 feet) : print, sound, color ; 16mm [Duplicating Master: MC391]
Dates: circa 1951Container: Viewcopy VC391, Item 6
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Fertilization and Reproduction in the Mammal
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Description: Fertilization Phenomena in the Mouse
Fertilization of a mouse ovum seen through a microscope.
Original1 film reel (300 feet) : print, silent, black and white ; 16mm [Duplicating Master: MC394 ]
Dates: ca. 1956Container: Viewcopy VC394, Item 7 -
Description: Fertilization Phenomena in the Mouse (Negative)1 film reel (400 feet) : negative, silent, black and white ; 16mm
Negative of item 7. Fertilization of a mouse ovum seen through a microscope.
Dates: ca. 1956Container: Reel 8, Item 8 -
Description:1 film reel (425 feet) : print, silent, color, black and white ; 16mm
A compilation of scenes from other films such as Fertilization Phenomena in the Mouse.
Dates: circa 1956Container: Reel 9, Item 9 -
Dates: circa 1991Container: Folder 1, Item 9A
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Description:1 film reel (325 feet) : internegative, silent, color ; 16mm
Compilation of scenes related to fertilization of a rabbit ovum seen through a microscope.
Dates: ca. 1957Container: Reel 10, Item 10 -
Dates: circa 1991Container: Folder 1, Item 10A
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Description:1 film reel (200 feet) : internegative, silent, color ; 16mm
Compilation of scenes of fertilization of rabbit and human ova seen through a microscope.
Dates: ca. 1957Container: Reel 11, Item 11 -
Dates: circa 1991Container: Folder 1, Item 11A
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Description: In-vitro fertilization of the rat (rat eggs and sperm: a composite)
Compilation of scenes related to the fertilization of rat ovum seen through a microscope.
Original1 film reel (400 feet) : print, silent, black and white ; 16mm [Duplicating Master: MC392]
Dates: circa 1980sContainer: Viewcopy VC392, Item 12 -
Description:1 film reel (700 feet) : print, silent, color ; 16mm
Compilation of scenes related to the fertilization of rat ovum seen through a microscope.
Dates: ca. 1990Container: Reel 13, Item 13 -
Dates: circa 1991Container: Folder 1, Item 13A
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Description: Rabbit and human reproduction
Compilation of scenes of fertilization of rabbit, rat, and human ova seen through a microscope.
Original1 film reel (800) : print, silent, color ; 16mm [Duplicating Master: MC393 ]
Dates: ca. 1990Container: Viewcopy VC393, Item 14 -
Description: Blandau's Notes for Rabbit and human reproductionDates: circa 1991Container: Folder 1, Item 14A
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Description: In-vitro fertilization and second polar body formation
Compilation of scenes related to fertilization of mammal ovum seen through a microscope.
Original1 film reel (500) : print, silent, black and white ; 16mm [Duplicating Master: MC396 ]
Dates: circa 1991Container: Viewcopy VC396, Item 15 -
Dates: circa 1991Container: Folder 1, Item 15A
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Ovulation and Egg Transport
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Description:1 film reel (500 feet) : print, silent, color ; 16mm
Compilation of scenes related to rabbit and human ovulation and egg transport seen through a microscope.
Dates: circa 1971Container: Reel 16, Item 16 -
Dates: circa 1991Container: Folder 1, Item 16A
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Description: Rabbit ovulation and human ovulation
Fertilization of rabbit and human ovum seen through a microscope.
Original1 film reel (100 feet) : print, silent, color ; 16mm [Duplicating Master: MC387]
Dates: ca. 1971Container: Viewcopy VC387, Item 17 -
Description: Ovulation and Egg Transport in the Mammal
Illustrates ovulation in the living mammal by showing the mechanism whereby the ovulated egg is transported from the surface of the ovary into the oviduct and then to the site of fertilization within the oviduct.
Original1 film reel (600 feet) : print, sound, color ; 16mm [Duplicating Master: MC19]
Dates: circa 1972Container: Viewcopy VC19 , Item 18 -
Description: A combined film of ovulation egg transport
Compilation of scenes related to the fertilization of rabbit and human ovum as seen through a microscope.
Original1 film reel (600 feet) : print, silent, color ; 16mm [Duplicating Master: MC395 ]
Dates: circa 1991Container: Viewcopy VC395, Item 19 -
Dates: circa 1991Container: Folder 1, Item 19A
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Subject Terms
- Moving Image Collections (University of Washington)
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
